Nupur says her toughest competition in 1999 came from her fellow Benito students, all of whom were recognized in Benito's school newspaper.
THE WORD was “logorrhea.”
Nupur Lala bought some time by asking for it to be used in a sentence. A hint of a smile crossed her bespectacled face. Inside, she was bursting.
Meena Lala watched her 14-year-old daughter intently. There … [Read more...]

Drew Falkowitz (Photo courtesy of Tacy Briggs-Troncoso)
HE PRETENDED to be typing on a laptop for the television cameras. He stood in the middle of the University of South Florida’s Marshall Center, a bright ray of sunshine cutting through his green graduation robe as an array of cameras click-click-click-clicked.
When he was asked to walk from one end to the other, he … [Read more...]

“People on the other side like the idea of living on a dead-end street,” says the City of Tampa’s Bob McDonaugh. (Photo: John C. Cotey)
The Pasco Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) asked county residents last month to complete an online survey involving the Wesley Chapel Roadways Connections study, which took a detailed look at traffic improvements mostly within Meadow … [Read more...]

This under-construction strip plaza on S.R. 54 will be home to Glory Days Grill, Domino’s Pizza and Max’s Natural Pet Market & Salon within a few months
.As development continues at a breakneck pace in Wesley Chapel, more and more businesses are rushing to fill a need or desire. For a while, one of those business segments that had been needed and desired was sports … [Read more...]

Aquatic activities, sandy beaches and the crystal clear water of the Crystal Lagoons® amenity by Metro Lagoons at Epperson are available (at a discount) to the public for a limited time.
One of the most asked — if not the most asked — questions in Wesley Chapel has an answer, and it is yes.
Or more accurately: YES!
The Crystal Lagoons® amenity by Metro … [Read more...]